# 2026-18963: UCSB Returns Ancient Remains to Tribes: History Comes Home

2026-18963, Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Santa Barbara, Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections, Santa Barbara, CA, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2026-09-16, effective 2026-10-16 (as of 2026-09-23).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-18963
- As of: 2026-09-23
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-18963
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Santa Barbara, Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections, Santa Barbara, CA
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 91 FR 58705
- Published: 2026-09-16
- Effective: 2026-10-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-23

## In one line

UCSB Returns Ancient Remains to Tribes: History Comes Home

## Summary

The University of California, Santa Barbara has finished checking its collection and found human remains and related items linked to Native American tribes near Ventura County. These remains and objects can be returned to the tribes starting October 16, 2026. If you want to request repatriation, contact UCSB by then—no money changes hands, just respect and care for history.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Santa Ynez Band Eligible for Repatriation: benefit, medium. The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) determined that human remains representing at least one Native American individual (Accession 250.025) and 26 associated funerary objects from archaeological site CA-VEN-27B (near Pitas Point, Ventura County) are culturally affiliated with the Sant…
- Other Tribes and Descendants Can Request Repatriation: benefit, low. Any lineal descendant or any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in the notice may submit a written request for repatriation if they show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that they are a lineal descendant or culturally affiliated. Repatriation to an eligible requestor ma…
- UCSB Resolves Competing Repatriation Requests: mixed, low. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UCSB Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation; requests for joint repatriation are treated as a single request. Any repatriation determined by UCSB may occur on…

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## Sources
- [2026-18963 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/16/2026-18963/notice-of-inventory-completion-university-of-california-santa-barbara-repository-for-archaeological)
- [2026-18963 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-16/pdf/2026-18963.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-18963 (as of 2026-09-23).